Senior Community Building and Making Jewelry Together

Creating new events and setting up new activities can make all the difference in the world when it comes to resident retention. Activities will bring people together in a way that is difficult to replicate otherwise. People can make friends during these events and activity sessions, and this can help with the creation of a strong senior community. 

Some of the best activities for this purpose are going to be the ones that require some concentration but that aren’t overly complicated. That way, people can still focus on socializing. It’s also great to have people make things together, which has a way of bringing people together as a matter of course. They can bond over creating something. 

Making Jewelry

When it comes to resident retention, few activities are going to be more popular than jewelry-making. Lots of people love fancy jewelry. Others prefer the jewelry that they have made themselves. DIY jewelry does not have to be plain, either. A lot of people will use beautiful glass beads that look like actual jewels. As such, people can make fancy jewelry with other residents. 

Most people like the look of jewelry that’s made with diamonds or gemstones. For some people, it only counts if the gemstones or diamonds are real. Other people don’t care. As long as the jewelry has the same basic sort of clarity, color, texture, and beauty as the jewelry made with real diamonds and gemstones, they will love all of it. Glass jewelry is like that. 

Jewelry That People Will Love

Some glass jewelry will resemble diamond jewelry from a distance. Colorful gemstones don’t look all that different from colorful and beautiful glass beads. Glass is such a commonplace material today that people sometimes forget the ethereal beauty of glass. When they see glass jewelry for the first time in the context of artistic perfection, they will truly be able to see glass in a different light. 

Glass jewelry is certainly less expensive than a lot of jewelry made with precious stones. Even when high-quality handcrafted glass beads are involved and the glass jewelry was made with loving care, the glass jewelry will still be less expensive than lots of other types of jewelry on the market. There are some people who actively want the most costly jewelry.

Other people just care about its beauty, and they are well aware of the fact that glass jewelry has a very timeless and stunning appearance. Owning and wearing glass jewelry can almost seem subversive, given the amount of emphasis on gemstones. However, when people look at jewelry made with glass beads, they will mainly focus on how lovely it is. It’s an experience that they can reflect on later as friends. 

Contact us to find out about Mayberry Gardens’ Senior Community.